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Chianti
I am back! I am sorry for the lack of updates, but I really didn't have much time during my crazy trip in Sicily. I am finally back at school and let me tell you...I am glad to be back. 5 weeks of active travelling is not that easy, but I enjoyed it so much, it was an unforgettable experience.
Now I will continue with the highlights of my trip and hopefully you can enjoy it at least to some extent.
Now look at those sights. You could just stay there and stare at it forever.
The region of Chianti was something I was really excited about (like everything else on the trip) and we had a wonderful tour of the Brolio wine maker where we had a tasting of three different Chianti wines.
The rule for Chianti Classico is that it needs to have at least 80% of Sangiovese grape and the rest is upto the producer.
They are using French oak barrels.
They export 2.5 mill. bottles per year world wide and by the Chianti Classico rules, the wine has to be aged in the bottles for 3-6 months prior getting in the market.
After the tour we had lunch very close to the winery, and it was definitely one of the memorable ones.
We had an eggplant flan, Stracchino cheese and Salsicca sausage on a crostini - probably my favorite. As you can see on the photo below, we had a typical Tuscan salami called Fanocchio which had fennel in it and it was served with fresh fennel flakes and olive oil.
Then, the famous Papa al Pomodoro - Tuscan tomato and bread soup. Simple and delicious.
After that we had a fantastic spaghetti with vegetables and it was so rich; I believe the vegetables were first roasted and then purred.
There was a very unusual dessert - I was very surprised, maybe even disappointed when I found out what it was. I am sure it was ricotta cheese combined with whipped cream and lots of lemon zest and then served with fresh strawberry sauce. I was wrong about the ricotta part - It was vegetable cream!! Ok, I really really reeeeeally don't like vegetable based cream, which is what all pastry shops in my hometown use. I must say, this tasted very different. They probably overwhipped it, which would explain the grainy texture...Nevertheless, I loved it! :)
Post je objavljen 19.06.2009. u 00:55 sati.